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When I manage to fix a technical issue that doesn’t seem to be well documented online, I like to share what worked for me. In that spirit: This morning, as I often do, I emailed an ebook file to my … Continue reading →

Now that we’ve got a large chunk of the UNC Library site‘s content in WordPress, we’re working on setting up a system to do semi-annual content reviews. Before we can plan the review itself, we needed to be able to … Continue reading →

I’m doing a webinar next Wednesday for NCLA all about how you can learn to do a bit of programming. Here’s the official info – note that it’s free and you don’t have to be an NCLA member to drop … Continue reading →

Over four years ago I wrote what I never imagined would become one of the more popular things I ever produced: How to add a Meebo widget to a Facebook Page Unfortunately, I noticed recently that due to some changes … Continue reading →

When I do my year in photos project (every odd year since 2005) my worst librarian tendencies surface and I get somewhat obsessive about organizing them and making sure all the metadata is just so. This year I’ve got a … Continue reading →

I don’t listen to a lot of podcasts, but I try to make time every week to fit in This Week in Google. Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis and Gina Trapani always have interesting takes on wide-ranging web issues (the show’s … Continue reading →

I recently purchased a new laptop. I got it all set up – programs installed, files transferred, etc. My shiny new laptop’s hard drive died, almost immediately after I was done tweaking things. I had to repeat the whole procedure. … Continue reading →

We moved recently, and didn’t like any of the cable options in our new neighborhood (we’d go back to Uverse in a cold second if they’d only expand to Durham!). Frustrated and not willing to go with satellite, we took … Continue reading →

After we got married (!) last month Melissa and I spent 10 days in Europe on our honeymoon. London, Paris, and Rome! It was an amazing trip, especially since neither of us had been to Europe at all before. But … Continue reading →

Last night I pushed out the first major update to the Mobile Site Generator. There’s one big new feature: It can now pull in content to a page from an RSS feed! This feature assumes your web server is running … Continue reading →